Georgia
Chapter
American Academy of Pediatrics
Winner of Outstanding Chapter Award 1966, 1996, 2000 & 2004
DEDICATED TO THE HEALTH OF ALL CHILDREN
Clinical Information Technology (CIT)
Task
Force on Clinical Information Technology
Background:
The
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) established a Steering Committee on
Clinical Information Technology in 2002, in a merger of the Task Force on
Medical Informatics and the Section on Computers and Other Technology.
Its mission is to recognize and address issues in clinical
information technology impacting pediatricians and to promote
communication and education so that pediatricians realize and understand
how computerized information systems can benefit their patient's health
and improve the effectiveness of care. The Steering Committee has asked
that there be a liaison between the national group and the State Chapters.
This Task Force Committee will establish a two-way connection between
Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) and the Georgia
Chapter.
Georgia
Task Force Committee Charge:
(1)
To assist pediatricians in Georgia to move toward Electronic Health
Records
(EHR) and other electronic/technologic advances.
(2)
To adopt and follow the focus and mission of AAP.
(3)
To provide resources to Georgia pediatricians and their staff
regarding
the choices, selection and use of clinical information technology..
Focus
areas are:
Electronic
Health Records (EHR)
Telemedicine
E-prescribing
HIPAA/Security
Rules
If you are interested in joining the Chapter’s Task Force on Clinical Information Technology, please contact Ed Gotlieb, MD, Chair at egotlie@emory.edu or Linda Edwards, staff at 404-881-5095 or ledwards@mag.org.
Council
on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT)
The Council on Clinical Information Technology needs resources, references and bibliography lists for toolkit on electric health records. This will address the value of EHRs and help pediatricians with selection and implementation of EHRs. Please send information to Kevin Johnson, MD, FAAP, COCIT Applications/Technology Chairperson at Kevin.Johnson@vanderbilt.edu.
Learn about COCIT www.aapscot.org, http://www.aapcocit.org/emr
Join COCIT www.aap.org/moc, click “Join a Section”
AAP staff Beki Marshall at 800/433-9016, ext 4089 or bmarshall@aap.org
From SOAPM List Serve to AAP Section on Administration & Practice Management Members re: The EMR: Which one is right for your practice?
The Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) is pleased to introduce to you a service where you can research various Electronic Medical Record (EMR) products that are currently being used by pediatricians every day. As part of this service, you can explore where these products are being implemented, for what type of practice, as well as read the experiences of others who are using these EMR products. As of this writing, there are over 30 reviews on 18 different products.
Users of existing EMR systems are invited to log on and post their own experiences, to be shared with others!
What kinds of features can you compare with this service?
q General EMR Overviews
q Growth Parameters, Percentiles, Curves
q Data Pertaining to Birth History
q Adolescent Privacy Features
q Immunization Data Handling, Analysis
q Prescription Generation, Transmission
q Installation, Training, Support Issues
q Lookup Features, Identifying data
q Ease/Methods of Data Entry, Including Pediatric terminology
q Awareness/Comparison to Age-Based Values
q Standard and Flexible Format Reporting
q Tracking Disclosures, Parental Appendices
q Linkages between Family Members
q Online Patient/Parent Access and Interactions
q Documentation/Assessment of Developmental Milestones
q Practice Management Integration
q Costs, Subjective Value, Return on Investment
This gives you the opportunity to read comments relating to overall EMR performance.
The site’s Buddy List feature provides contact information on pediatricians who are willing to answer questions about their implementation.
COCIT encourages you to log on to their site and read about others experiences and/or post your own! Go to http://www.aapcocit.org/emr
To join the SOAPM list serve, go to www.aap.org.
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
New Electronic Health Records System Just Released
for Testing
A version of VistA-Office EHR software has been released by CMS for evaluation purposes. CMS is looking for physician practices to serve as beta test sites for the application. This is a web-based system and does have associated costs to be incurred by the practice. If interested, please click here for additional information. More detailed information can be accessed at www.vista-office.org, www.worldvista.org and http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?Counter=1549
Electronic Medical Record Review Web site allows you to read reviews and compare EMR products. www.scocit.org/emr
This site contains helpful information regarding benefits of EHR systems as well as helpful tips in selecting a system that's right for you. Please click here for the site.
Member CIT Survey:
Thank you for participating in a survey being conducted by the Georgia Chapter AAP’s Task Force on Clinical Information Technology.
This task force is charged with providing you and your staff with the resources regarding the choices, selection and use of clinical information technology. The survey will be instrumental in learning what is needed to develop those resources.
Please take a few moments to complete this survey to assist us in the development of CIT resources. Please click here for the survey. Thank you for your time and effort.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Linda Edwards at 404-881-5095 or ledwards@mag.org.
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Click
here for the CIT survey results.
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